Last week, Seattle and King County leaders hired transgender stripper Beyoncé Black St. James to perform at their annual conference on solving homelessness. Here's how they're using taxpayer money:pic.twitter.com/J0lCKVVfgO
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As the video shows, the programming has nothing to do with helping people on the streets—it's about affirming a radical ideology that puts identity politics above solving real problems.
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For years, Seattle has claimed that it "needs more resources" to solve homelessness, but as the video shows, they find it totally appropriate to pay for a transgender stripper to grind on members of the region's homelessness nonprofits and taxpayer-funded organizations.
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It's not a lack of resources that prevents Seattle from solving homelessness; it's a lack of leadership. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, King County spends more than $1 billion a year on homelessness programs—but have failed to deliver results for decades.
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If you want to learn more, here's my analysis on Seattle homelessness in City Journal:https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-homelessness …
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UPDATE: After this video went viral, the director of the agency resigned. A victory for King County taxpayers.
https://www.kiro7.com/home/homeless-agency-director-resigns-after-video-dancer-goes-viral/HH3PTOBXVJHKLH7OCITBFVFJBU/ …Show this thread
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See? I was correct in my original response about this...
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Identity politics? Well, maybe, but here’s a thought: Homelessness is often due to mental illness. This “show” is put on by a person who is mentally ill. Maybe that’s the connection. Kidding, but maybe it’s not far from the truth even though they don’t know it.
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Read the real news. Trump doesn’t splurge. Sorry.
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